Semitic etymology :

Number: 1956

Proto-Semitic: *ʔi/arw-ān- ~ *ʔawr-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'calf, bull'

Syrian Aramaic: ʔarwānā (pl. ʔarwānītā) 'vitulus, vitula' [Brock. 47], [PS 372]

Arabic: ʔirān- 'oryx mâle' [Blachère 89], [LA XIII 14]. В [Fr. I 29] только šātu ʔirānin 'taurus'

Amharic: awra 'male (animal), dominant or alpha male; queen bee; bull' [K 1267]

Gurage: irǝččä, ǝri, ire (S), ǝrǝččä (W), äre (Ms,Ch,E), ärä̆ (Ch), äray (E,Gt), areʔ (En,Ed) 'cows' LGur 82

Afroasiatic etymology :

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *ʔirw/y- ~ *ʔawr-

Meaning: bull, calf

Semitic: *ʔi/arw-ān- ~ *ʔawr- 'calf, bull'

Berber: HirVy 'calf'

Egyptian: *ʔir(y) 'calf'

Western Chadic: *ʔarwa 'ox'

Beḍauye (Beja): rēw 'cow'

Saho-Afar: *ʔawr- 'bull'

Low East Cushitic: *ʔawr- 'bull, he-camel'

High East Cushitic: *ʔarr- 'bull, calf'

Mogogodo (Yaaku): rɛh-ɛʔ 'calf' (<*riʔ- met.?) (?)

Omotic: *Harr- 'cow'

Notes: Cf. *war- 'cow, calf; antelope' (3614). Cf. HSED 2527: Eg, Hs warari 'vicious bull'; Bl. Beja F 22; Dolg

Berber etymology :

Proto-Berber: *HirVy

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'calf'

Ayr: ehǝri, pl. ihăran 'jeune boeuf de 2 à 3 ans' Aloj. 79

Tawllemmet: ehǝri, pl. ihăran 'jeune boeuf de 2 à 3 ans' Aloj. 79; é/aheri id. Kössman 98

Semlal: chleuh méd. irey 'veau' (cf. ta-hĕrrui-t 'vieille vache maigre' [Dest. 228] (implying 'as small as a calf'?)

Egyptian etymology :

Old Egyptian: ỉr.t 1; ỉry.t 2

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 1 'Kalb' MK EG I, 116; 2 'Milchkuh' Dem. ibid., 114

West Chadic etymology :

Proto-WChadic: *ʔarwa

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'ox'

Hausa: Cf. wariyya 'a k. of antelope' Barg. 1084; cf. wā̀rā̀rī 'a vicious bull' quoted in HSED No. 2527 and Skinner 1996, 283), which may be from 'anything separated out and distinguished from its fellows' Barg. ibid.

Dera=Kanakuru: wóré [NmK]

Sha: ʔarwà 'ox' [EDE 87, apud Jungraithmayr]

Bedauye (Beja) etymology :

Bedauye: rēw

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'Vieh' (also 'Geld, Besitz, Habe') [Rein. Beja 193] (cf. also [Bl. Beja 22])

Notes: Cf. raa 'ariel gazelle' Bl. Beja 22; rahi 'ariel fawn' apud Rp.; raa 'ariel antelope', raaho 'young of ariel gazelle' Bl. Beja Fauna 22 apud Hudson (all <*rah/ḥ-, prob. <*raḫ-, but not <*raʔ/ʕ-)

Saho-Afar etymology :

Proto-Saho-Afar: *ʔawr-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'bull'

Saho: awr 'bull' Sasse PEC, 46

Afar (Danakil): awúr, aûr 'Stier' Rein Af., 819

Low East Cushitic etymology :

Proto-Low East Cushitic: *ʔawr-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'bull'

Somali: awr 'he-camel' Sasse PEC, 46

Oromo (Galla): oor-oo 'burden camel' Sasse PEC, 46

Rendille: or 'he-camel, bull' Sasse PEC, 46

Baiso: aar 'bull' Hayward BR, 121

Arbore: ʔáar 'bull' Hayward Arb. 336

Dasenech (Geleba): ʔawr-ic 'he-camel' Sasse PEC, 46

Notes: See Sass. PEC, 46: *ʔawr- 'large male animal'

High East Cushitic etymology :

Proto-High East Cushitic: *ʔarr-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'bull, calf'

Burji (Bambala, Dashe): arr-áy ~ arʔ-áy 'bull' Sasse Bur. 28 (hardly related to harʔ- 'plow, cultivate' or Dul. ʕard'-o 'ox' as suggested [ibid.]); aʔre 'calf'

Mogogodo etymology :

Mogogodo: rɛh-ɛʔ

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'calf'

Notes: Sasse PEC, 22

Omotic etymology :

Proto-Omotic: *Harr-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: cow

Oyda: arr Bnd Om 56

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